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State marriage amendment unnecessary
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How Pennsylvanians have certainly noticed that the legislature of the State is not to move to a ban on smoking, real estate, tax reform, health care reform, equitable funding to education, and so on. But the Senate Judiciary Committee, the members have time to debate and vote on Senate Bill 1250, the revision of the Constitution, marriage Pennsylvania. Obviously, the proponents of the amendment do not believe that the 1996 law was good enough. He says that marriage is generally between a man and a woman. Some lawmakers seem determined to go the additional step - to try to spend considerable energy savings, a change that redundant seems that to succeed in the state constitution Trivialisieren. We try not to launch a debate on the merits of the definition of marriage, but it is important to stress that the change in path is not needed. It is an unrealistic fear, the way certain groups and legislators that the future legislature, the abolition of the status of marriage, 1996. Similarly, it is unrealistic to believe that the court would suddenly find that the law of Pennsylvania’s, which is comparable to the laws of marriage in many countries, is unconstitutional. The efforts that they are, why is it so difficult to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. The bill must be in its current state, the concept of legislative power, and go further in the next period, 2009-10, there is a national referendum may be carried out. Nobody really believes what is undoubtedly far from happening. But credit belongs to the State Sen. Jane Earll, Fairview, R-49. Dist., As one of only four senators, in order to fight against 10 people, the majority of votes in the committee. We must ask ourselves why 10 senators who are trying to push an amendment seems unnecessary and irreversible. It looks like an effort to curry favor with the agendas of some religious groups and others. Its sub-themes such as health and education remain at the side of the line. |
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